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THE ,7-TAC
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1(5, 1958
A Tragic Reminder little man on.campus
„ Last week, students of Tai'leton State College,
received a tragic reminder that death still lurks
on the highways. Roy C. Robertson, a resident
of Davis Hall and a preveterinary student at
TSC died in the crumpled wreckage of a two-car
collision while he and two friends were return-
ing' from a week-end visit to Uvalde.
Robertson was killed on Sunday, Dec. 7, a
day that is infamous for death. But Roy Robert-
son was only one of thirty-two people who died
in automobile accidents in Texas. on that day.
The full weight of this tragic waste never seems ,
quite real to lis until death strikes in our very
midst. It probably did not seem real to Roy un-
til the very moment of the fatal crash. Robertson
Was young, and if he had returned to the col-
lege and avoided the' death crash lie would have
found a number of packages waiting for him
at the Post Office. If he could have opened them
he would have found gifts and cards of greet-
ing- and best wishes. But he was killed in an
automobile accident on Dec, 7, 1958 one day be-
fore his twentieth birthday.
Christmas Spirit
The little children who' grieve
on Christmas Day
Are not in huts and hovels a
thousand miles away —
, They are so near they hear us, our
laughter and our song,
And all the joys we have today
serve to make great the' wrong'.
(From a Plea for Friendliness, by Wilbur
Dick Nesbit, 1871.1927).
If one thinks that this holiday Season is noth-
ing but joy and laug'hter, fun and good times
throughout the world, he is sadly mistaken and
completely out of touch' with reality, There is
-sjill a great deal of poverty, sickness, and in-"*'
justic in the world and it is not very far away.
We are not always happy about admitting: our
shortcomings, our failures, in caring- for the less
fortunate and this is possibly not the time to
start thinking- about them now. However, this
is the time that people generally do start think-
ing- about such things. For a few short weeks
there are campaigns, for toys to give to children
of the impoverished. There are drives, for cloth-
ing to cover shivering bodies of little children
who have been shivering all year but haven't
been noticed until now that the spirit of Christ-
mas is upon us.
No one person can cast the stone1 for it is
the shame of us all. We talk in pious tones about
the poor and needy and then with a nagging con-
science as we think about our own more for-
tunate circumstances, we pull out the wallets
and drop a few coins into the pot. Hypocrits, you
bet we are.
This is not a plea to make you run right down
to the nearest Salvation Army headquarters and
give them a five spot. It is not a Yule'tide ef-
fort to make you bundle up your cast-off cloth-
ing and take it to the poor families on the other
side of town even though those people would
probably be glad to get them even now.
No, this is not a plea for charity. This is mere-
ly a reminder that something- less than happy
conditions still do exist right here in our own
town and when all of us sit down to our big-
meal after we have finished making mental notes
on how many gifts we gave and who did not
give one to us in return, maybe we will realize
that we are not the charitable, benevolent, God-
fearing and God-loving people we think we are.
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EDITOR " JUPY HOLLADAY
ASSISTANT EDITOR : I.A1IRY GARRETT
BUSINESS MANAGER fflARLES HATES
CIRCULATION MANAGER JFRRY ■ LOWRANCE
" SOCIETY EDITOR CAROLYN POINDEXTER
FEATURE EDITOR REBECCA TUCKER
SPORTS WRITERS LYNN JONES
JTM HONEYCUTT
MILITARY EDITOR POLICY MeOULLOUGH
REPORTERS: CAROL EDMISTON, DAPHNE DAVIS,
.FREDDY MARRIOTT. DAVID SPEAR, REBECCA
TUCKER, PAUL WEIDENBACII, WAYNE ELLIS, DE
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The Furrowed Brow
By JUDY HQLLADAY
The wliole world is talking about
one thing—that's Christmas, In
the excitement, everyone seems to
have •''orgoUen one thing—that'j
New Years. Now it seems to me
New Years is under-emphasized
nowadays except in liquor adver-
tisements.
There was a time when the New
Year "like an infant heir to the
whole world, was waited for, with
welcomes, presents, and rejoic-
ing's, "No more, though, for now
people are content to sit in front
of their television sets and .watch
"those other silly people" half-
heartedly welcome in the New-
Year. People don't even write re-
solutions any more like they used
to. Even '.hough nobody keeps
then', just for the sake of tradition
one shoukl write, theni.
I Hereby Resolve . , . 1
In case you have had nr. ex-
perience in writing- resolutions
here are a few that you might turn
over in yjur.mind:
1. I will study three hours a day.
2. X will stop gambling.
3. I will hot hang around in ths
Ree Hall so much.
' 4. I will not cut classes,
5. I will not cheat on tests.
G, 1 will cut out all of these
parties.
7, I will not go out on week
nights.
A relatively short meeting of
the Student Council was held last
Wednesday^ but long enough to
appoint acommittee to look into
the possibilities of keeping the
recreation hall open on Staurday
afternoons and of opening- the
gilds' gymansium on the week-
ends for shuffleboard, badminton,
and other supervised recreation.
The' urgent need for weekend
activies to keep students on cam-
pus was throughly "hashed out"
but with no definite conclusion
resulting.
Activity was obviously at art al-
most standstill as this meting, and
the Student Council is finding
something to work on not as avail-
able as it seemed to be just be-
fore1 Homecoming. The student
body is welcome to bring up com-
laints or suggestions to Student
Council members. These members
will welcome any ideas pertain-
ing to the campus, the students,
and their problems.
No Fireworks
Stephenville Chief of Police
Lynn Cornell has reminded Tarle-
ton students of, the fireworks
ordinace for the city of Stephen-
ville. The ordinance prohibits the
possession, selling,, or shooting of
fireworks within the city limits.
Conviction of a violation of the
ordinance carries maximum fine
of $100.
8. £. will go on a diet.
9. I will not bum cigarettes.
10. 1 will not aoi-row from any-
body but my roommate.
11. I will not use profanity.
12. I will have u miserable time
in 1Vj!J without ail my vice.;.
Clip It Out
And that just about wraps up
all the vices on could, have. Just
clip out the aforementioned and
enumerated resolutions sign
your name to theirij and put them
on your dresser mirror and you
will have just earricd an old and
almost-forgotten tradition.
Atid a good test of will power and
persistence is to see how long you
can keep all of them. Even if you
can keep one of them you can feel
that you have accomplished some-
thing-. The longest endurance re-
cord set for New Years resolutions
is two days, four hours, and thirty-
nine minutes—see if you can break
that record!
Often Go Astray
Remember that, man or mouse,
our best-laid plans often go astray,
so do not be too disappointed when
you stray from your resolutions. ■
To save being too discouraged-you
might add ono more resolution to
your list—"I hereby resolve to
break all my resolution within a
period of twenty-four hours."
Well, a merry Christmas to you
and a happy Now Year.
Caroling Party
An all-school Christmas caroling-
party will be sponsored by the
Tarleton State Baptist Student
Union at 6 p.m. Wednesday, ac-
cording to Bill Bane, BHU director.
All Tarleton students are invited
by the BSU to attend the party.
After singing to invalids and. shut-
ins, the carolers will meet back
at the Baptist Student Center for
refreshments.
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By JIM HONEYCUTT
The holidays are rapidly approaching. Really
they are not approaching any more rapidly than
they were six -months ago; but they are getting
closer. We tell you this as a public seryice in
the hope that you will not be left on campus
while everyone else is beating- a path back home.
Of course you know that Christmas means dif-
ferent things to different people. I suppose that
as far as tile Russians are concerned it just
means that a bunch of foreigners, namely us, are
having- a holiday.
To the bushmen in Tanganyika, the Tua-
huamara's in Mexico or the headhunters of Bra-
zil, Christmas is no more than December 25,
if it is that. Maybe' that's just the way it should
be. Kiijda makes it a personal thing' and possibly
more meaningful if we know that just every
. Tom, Dick, or Harry Ainu is not hacking* down
the forests of the world to get Christmas trees
and creating fire hazards in flimsy grass huts
somewhere.
• But I digress. What, I want to say is Merry
Christmas. I ,know.it's trite but it's what people
expect you to say about this time of the yean
Speaking of what people are expected to say,
( am reminded of an old Chinese proverb. I think
it is old because I have never heard of a new
Chinese proverb. It goes ,"Get in a hurry only
when extracting hand from tiger's mouth."
Now this proverb brings up another subject,
that of speeding. As soon as the students here
g-et the green light for the holidays they are go-
ing to head for their caj's like the start of the
',eMans Road Race.
Since this is the- case I would like to impart a
bit of no-so-sag'e advice . . . take it easy.
There are going- to be a lot of drivers on the
roads who are carrying their Christmas cheer
inside of them and they are a potential threat to
every sober driver behind a wheel. Now you can
help out too. As you head down the highway
in your hy-perforniance. V-eight with eight
friands and all of nine' week's accuniulation of
baggage, just remember that yoii can't stop as
quickly with that extra tonnage. So drive slower
in the first place.
A few rules of safety to follow are these:
1. Drive with care and observe speed limits,
especially through Benbroolc.
2. Remember that both hands on the wheel
will give you a better chance at conrolling
, your car even if it does not make the girl
friend happy.
....„-3-.Do not drive a car that is mechanically-
unsafe.
<1. Never argue with a truck.
5. Dim your lights, someone may be necking
in the car ahead.
G. Take the bus.
All lit up like a Christmas tree
With eyes so bleary he can hardly see
With eyes so bleary he can hardly see
Is the man who celebrates the season
By substituting- hooch for ■ reason.
In his flashy car he' got last week
He drives the roads like a chrome-plated streak
And if the light Is "turning red
He steps .on the gas and goes straight ah&ad.
Now what in the world can we do with this guy
Whose reactions are low, but his spirits, are high.
A proper gift we might bequeah
Is to put on his casket, a Christmas wreath.
About 6,000 children from 5 to
14 years of ag ; are killed accident-
ally in the United States each
.year. Motor vehicle accidents ac-.
count for two-fifths of the deaths.
Attend Civic Series
It was indeed a shame that more students did
not attend the last Civic Series program. Numer-
ous encores brought Nelson and Neal back until
Mr. Neal went into a very interesting" talk say-
ing, "I think that we can keep this up longer
than you can,"
■ Many students, it seems,, unfortunately have
a complex which repela them from any. activity
which seems to. be, only -sligbtly cultural. The
fact that these people do not attend such ac-
tivities is not nearly so bad as", the fact that
they are afraid to expose themselves, to the fine
arts and try something. ne*\v, for a change. Many
would probably be suprised at. how they-would
enjoy these programs and how much they w'ould
learn.
Support your Civic Series programs.
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